A miracle happened. My children became more loving, more humble and more thankful.

See? That is what happens when you do stuff to help people. It kinda helps you, too. Sometimes, it helps you more than the other person.

I write a lot about the abuses of the welfare system by able-bodied men. But, that is not what our safety net is for. It is for people, through no fault of their own, who have fallen on hard times.

This can happen to anyone of us. Someone can lose their job and be homeless, helpless and hopeless within a short period of time. That is what the safety net is for, to give people a hand up so that they can get get back on their feet. It was never intended to be a lifestyle choice from cradle to grave.

Those who abuse the system hurt people like we visited yesterday the most.

With each delivery, my children changed just a little bit.

I hope that it taught them a lesson of compassion, love and thankfulness this Thanksgiving.

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Julie Love

Julie Love is a former CPA who currently home-schools her two children. She earned her MS in Journalism from Ohio University in 2002. She was raised in rural Ohio and now lives in the big city of Cleveland.
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